Former dentist, Dr. King Schultz, buys the freedom of a slave, Django, and trains him with the intent to make him his deputy bounty hunter. Instead, he is led to the site of Django’s wife who is under the hands of Calvin Candie, a ruthless plantation owner. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

The film has been acclaimed by critics and has garnered a rating of 88% on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 247 critical reviews with an average rating of 8 out of 10. The site’s consensus states: “Bold, bloody, and stylistically daring, Django Unchained is another incendiary masterpiece from Quentin Tarantino.” Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 81, indicating “universal acclaim”. (Wikipedia)

Awards:

2012 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Best Cinematography (nominated); Best Original Screenplay; Best Picture (nominated); Best Sound Editing (nominated)